Heart attack: Six foods to eat to prevent the potentially fatal condition happening

HEART attack symptoms can be associated with those of less serious health conditions, but if you suspect any are happening, you should dial 999 immediately. The condition is considered a medical emergency and can have potentially fatal consequences. But how do you prevent one happening in the first place? There are six foods you should eat.

Although chest pain is often severe, sometimes people only suffer minor pain, similar to indigestion. Here are some of the early warning signs and symptoms of a heart attack.

Even if you have doubts over symptoms, you should still call 999, as it’s important not to have risked a person’s life.

Chest pain, which involves a sensation of pressure, tightness or squeezing in the centre of the chest, is one of the most well-known signs of a heart attack. But pain can also occur in other parts of the body.

Initially pain can occur in the chest, but it may spread to the left or right arm, according to British Heart Foundation.

It may also spread to the neck, jaw, back or stomach.

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The charity adds: “For some people the pain or tightness is severe, while other people just feel uncomfortable.”

Other symptoms of a heart attack are listed by the NHS: feeling lightheaded or dizzy, sweating, shortness of breath, feeling sick (nausea) or being sick (vomiting), an overwhelming sense of anxiety (similar to having a panic attack), and coughing or wheezing.